Consider the following statements : 1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboos grown on forest areas. 2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce. 3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. Statement 1 is incorrect. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was amended in 2017 (via the Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, later Act) to remove bamboo grown in *non-forest areas* from the definition of 'tree', thereby exempting it from felling/transit permits. It did not grant forest dwellers the right to fell bamboos universally within forest areas under this Act; rights within forest areas are primarily governed by the FRA, 2006. 2. Statement 2 is correct. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 [Forest Rights Act, FRA] explicitly defines bamboo as a minor forest produce (MFP) in Section 2(i). 3. Statement 3 is correct. Section 3(1)(c) of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 grants forest dwellers the right of ownership, access to collect, use, and dispose of minor forest produce which has been traditionally collected within or outside village boundaries. 4. Therefore, only statements 2 and 3 are correct.